Remote AWS Cloud Lead — DevSecOps & CI/CD

Cognizant; Richmond (VA); Remote; USD 114,000 - 128,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

401(k) plan and contributions

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Cloud Lead- AWS DevSecOps to design and optimize scalable AWS-based cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and secure deployment frameworks in a remote US setting.

The role requires deep experience in AWS, DevSecOps, and GitLab, with hands-on Terraform and AWS CDK. You will lead multi-account, multi-region deployments and drive security, compliance, and observability initiatives.

Qualifications

• Extensive AWS experience (10+ years preferred).
• Strong hands-on Terraform and AWS CDK.
• Experience with GitLab CI/CD and pipeline automation.
• Proficiency with container platforms (ECS/EKS/Kubernetes).

Responsibilities

• Design and implement GitLab CI/CD pipelines with multi-stage YAML.
• Configure and manage GitLab Runners (EC2/EKS) for scalability and security.
• Build IaC using Terraform and AWS CDK with modular patterns.
• Implement secure DevSecOps practices across CI/CD and infrastructure deployments.
• Develop container deployment workflows to ECS/EKS and Helm.

Skills

AWS Cloud

Terraform

AWS CDK

GitLab CI/CD

Container platforms

DevSecOps

Tools

Python

TypeScript

Datadog

Grafana

Splunk

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Cloud Lead- AWS DevSecOps to design and optimize scalable AWS-based cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and secure deployment frameworks in a remote US setting.

The role requires deep experience in AWS, DevSecOps, and GitLab, with hands-on Terraform and AWS CDK. You will lead multi-account, multi-region deployments and drive security, compliance, and observability initiatives.